Ballot measure · West Virginia · November 3, 2026

Amendment 1

Title as the state lists it: Citizenship Requirement to Vote in West Virginia Elections Amendment1,2,3

Research draftReferred by the legislatureConstitutional amendment
How it got there
Referred by the legislature
Kind of measure
Constitutional amendment
To pass
A majority of the votes on it
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

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A yes vote

A yes vote would change the constitution to say that only citizens of the United States who are citizens of West Virginia may vote in elections held in the state, while keeping the existing bars on voting by minors, people a court has declared mentally incompetent, people under conviction for treason, felony or election bribery, and people who have not lived in the state and county for 30 days.2 Art. IV, § 1 as proposed

A no vote

A no vote would keep the current wording, which says the citizens of the state are entitled to vote in elections held in the counties where they live, with the same bars on voting by minors, people a court has declared mentally incompetent, people under conviction for treason, felony or election bribery, and people who have not lived in the state and county for 30 days.4 Art. IV, § 1

§2How it got on the ballot

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Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,2,3

Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.1,2,3

The Legislature proposed this amendment in Senate Joint Resolution 9, adopted March 14, 2026, and set it for the 2026 general election.2,3

It is on West Virginia's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,5,6 None of the official sources we read calls the list certified or final, so we don’t either. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on West Virginia's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

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A majority of the votes on it. The amendment passes if a majority of the voters who vote on the question vote for it.4 Art. XIV, § 2